Monday, February 19, 2007

Clicker 5 grant

Thanks to a very generous grant from the Snohomish Education Foundation, we now have a site license for Clicker 5 for all of the elementary schools in Snohomish (9 total)!! The site license, or "district license kit", enables us to add on additional copies of Clicker 5 for $30 per computer--this is a greatly reduced cost as Clicker normally costs $199 per copy. We were able to purchase 18 copies of Clicker 5 with the grant which will be added onto the 12 or more copies that we already have in the district. We also were able to purchase one copy of Clicker Paint, which is a fun program that allows students to create their own drawings and artwork to use in Clicker 5.
Next month, we (Linda Kautz and I) will be offering 2 hour "Intro to Clicker 5" classes through the Spring course offerings....site to be determined. We still need to determine how the 18 copies of Clicker 5 will be initially distributed...any ideas are welcomed!! There are several resource teachers who have expressed a strong interest in using Clicker 5 and they will be first to receive a copy, especially those who already have experience using this exciting program.

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